Aerial toy



March 12, 1935. J SARSFIELD 1,994,202

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1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor afaiiwjzls d 73f? Attorney Patented Mar. 12, less ,1. OFFICE AERIAL TOY James Michael Sarsfield, Chicago, Ill.

Application July 19, 1934, Serial No. 736,115

.5 Claims.

This invention relates 'to new and useful improvements in aerial toys and has for one of its important objects to provide an imitation air ship comprising an envelope or body of a shape and design to simulate the body of a dirigible or the like and having wind wheels rotatably mounted at'its ends to give the toy a novel and attractive appearance as well as an appearance closely resembling a lighter-than -air craft.

The present application is a continuation in part of my present-pending applicationserial No. 720,124., filed by me under date of April 11, 1934, and entitled Aerial toys.

The present invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings where- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a toy embodying the features of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view in end elevation.

Figure 3 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view of a 25 slightly modified form of the invention.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevation of the neckequipped portion of an inflatable body. I

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view partly in section and partly in elevation showing the manner of 30 associating the neck with the inflatable body with a plug and the association of the latter with a flexible handle or supporting rod.

Figure 7 is a view with the parts of Figure 6 completely assembled subsequent to the inflation of the body.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, it will be seen that the toy comprises a body or envelope 1 which may be of any suitable inflatable or non-inflatable material, it being intended, in actual practice, to makethe body 1 either of rubber or other suitable inflatable material or of celluloid or other suitable and similar material. In the present instance the body is substantially oval in shape. In the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive, the body 1 is of celluloid.

For the ends of the body 1 there are provided tapered plug like members 2 and 3 formed of rubber or other suitable material and provided at their largest ends with vacuum cups 4 for detachably securing the members 2 and 3 to the body 1 in a manner thought apparent. Pins or the like 5 project longitudinally from the members 2 and 3 and rotatably mounted on the pins are pinwheels 6 as shown.

A thirdmember similar to the members 2 and 3 and indicated by the reference numeral 7 is provided with a vacuum cup 8 through the medium of which the member 7 is securedin a detacha able manner to the underside of the body 1 intermediate the ends of said body. Anchored in the member 7 is one end of a'fle xible support- .ing rod or handle 9.

The member 7' is concealed within the confines of a cabin simulating member 10, The member 10 is formed of a strip of paper or other suitable material which is united at its upper edge; to the body 1 by cement or other suitable material; The member l0 is cut, shaped, dimensioned, and otherwise decorated and finished to simulate the cabin part of a dirigible or similar lighter-than-air craft.

There is also provided, in this embodiment of the invention, a safety cord 11 which connects the members 2, 3, and '7 in a manner thought to be clear from the drawings. Thus; should the body 1 become broken, or in the event that the body is of an inflatable character, and should burst, the elements 2 and 3 and the pinwheels 6 thereon will be retained by the safety cord 11.

If desired, and as previously intimated, the body of the toy may be of rubber and inflatable and such a body is shown fragmentarily in the drawings and indicated by the reference numeral 12. The body 12 at the ends thereof has applied thereto by cement or in any other suitable manner reinforcing disks 13 of rubber or other suitable material to better accommodate the suction cups 4 of the members 2 and 3 as best shown in Figure 4.

The body 12 is also provided with the neck 12a as is common with toy balloons, and the neck 12a is adapted to be passed through a two-diameter opening 15 provided in the section 16 of a twopart valve formed of wood or any other suitable material. When the neck 12a of the body has been drawn through the opening 15 as far as it can go, the free portion of the neck is folded back over the external surface of the plug in a manner suggested in Figure 6. The body 12 is then inflated through the medium of gas or in any other suitable manner and the neck then twisted in a manner suggested in Figure "I to maintain the inflatable element within the balloon as will be apparent. Prior to the inflation of the balloon and the twisting of the neck 12a thereof, the second, and apertured section 17 of said two-part valve is secured to the free end of the section 16 through the medium of elongated nails or pins 18. Finally, one end of a flexible rod or handle member 9a is wedged into the opening in the valve section 17, as illustrated.

It will be apparent that in each form of the invention, the toy, in use, is moved through the air in a manner to cause the, pinwheels 6 to rotate, as is thought to be apparent.

It is believed that the many advantages of a toy constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated. ,7

What is claimed is:

'1. A toy of the class described comprising a body, pinwheels, supporting members for the pin wheels provided with suction cups engaging the body at opposite ends thereof, a supporting hanolle for the body, and a member on one en'cl'of the handle provided with a suction cup for engaging the body intermediate its ends thereof in a manner to detachably secure the handle to the body. a

inflatable body provided with a neck, a valve member having an opening therethrough and through which the neck of the body is passed with the outward end of the neck turned back over the valve member in a manner to secure the valve member to the neck, the portion of the neck within the valve member adapted to be twisted about itself subsequent to the. inflation of the body to secure the body inflated.

4. A toy of the class described comprising an inflatable body provided with a neck, a two-part valve including a section having ,an opening therethrough and through which the neck of the body is passed with the outward and of the neck turned back over .the section in, a .tmanner to secure the section to the neck, the portion of the neck within the section adapted to be twisted about itself subsequent'to the inflation of the body to secure the body inflated, and second a section adapted for attachment to the'firstsection at the end thereof remote from the inflatable body, pins'carried by said sections together, and a handle secured atone end to the second section. v g

5. A toy of the class described :comprisingian inflated body having a neck, an aperturedgvalve 7 member receiving the neck with the latter lin twisted condition, a second apertured valve member secured by fasteningmeans to the first. valve member, said body at opposite endsjthere-- of having reinforcing elements secured. thereto,

vacuum cup equipped members having, thevacuum cups thereof engagingthe reinforced portions of the inflated body, and pinwheels rotat ably mounted on the vacuum cup equipped members.

JAMES MICHAEL SARSFIELDQ; 1 

